Monthly Archives: April 2015

Going oldschool with AoW3

Posted on April 17, 2015 by SynCaine

The Age of Wonders 3 play-by-email feature is, surprisingly, a godsend. The core problem with AoW3 multiplayer is that one player’s turn can take a long, long time if you fight multiple battles, while other turns might be very, very … Continue reading →

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GTA V: The corpse of the Skyrim UI designer got reanimated I guess?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by SynCaine

Making a UI for a game can’t be hard. Now I don’t have personal experience making one, but seeing how often a mod for a game is a UI edit or complete overhaul, I’d bet good money it’s not THAT … Continue reading →

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Paying full price, because it won’t be changing anytime soon

Posted on April 13, 2015 by SynCaine

Steam has conditioned most of us to wait for sales on anything we feel we can wait for. At the same time, for something like GTA V, which I’m dying to play on the PC, waiting for a while isn’t … Continue reading →

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Backer envy and the increased power of your money

Posted on April 10, 2015 by SynCaine

Now that Kickstarter has shown it is a very viable wallet-vote platform for delivering excellent games we would not have otherwise gotten, I’m wondering if a general sense of ‘backer-envy’ isn’t something that has happened already, and will continue to … Continue reading →

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The Liebster Award

Posted on April 8, 2015 by SynCaine

RAVIOUS!!! Nominating TAGN and Keen. 11 Random Facts 1. I was born in Poland. 2. First MMO was Neverwinter Nights on AOL. 3. I’ve never played EQ1, yet that MMO is the one I hate most. 4. Our house was … Continue reading →

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Pillars of Eternity: Endless Paths discussion time

Posted on April 7, 2015 by SynCaine

Initially my plan was to write a full-game spoiler-based post about Pillars of Eternity, but since I figure most people haven’t finished the game yet, I’ll let that one sit for a bit. I do however want to talk about … Continue reading →

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Pillars of Eternity review

Posted on April 6, 2015 by SynCaine

This post will be a non-spoiler (spoiler post coming tomorrow) review of Pillars of Eternity, having now beaten the game, with a playtime of just under 60 hours. I didn’t complete all of the side quests, but I’m guessing I … Continue reading →

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